9575995

Image Processing Methods

PublishedFebruary 21, 2017
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8 claims

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1. A method of upgrading an image review, the method comprising: receiving an image from a remote source; posting the image to an automatic identification system configured to identify contents of the image and to provide one or more image tags that characterize the contents, the automatic identification system being further configured to execute an image recognition algorithm using a computing device; receiving the one or more image tags from the automatic identification system; automatically generating an upgrade request for the image, the automatic generation being based on the one or more tags, the upgrade request indicating that the image requires further review; selecting a destination for the image, responsive to the upgrade request, the destination being associated with a human image reviewer and being one of a plurality of destinations; posting the image to the second destination; receiving a review of the image from the second destination, the review including one or more image tags characterizing contents of the image and being provided by the human image reviewer; and storing the one or more image tags in association with the image.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote source includes a website.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote source includes logic configured to crawl websites.

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4. The method of claim 1 , further including receiving information regarding how often the image is viewed on a website.

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5. The method of claim 4 , wherein automatically generating the upgrade request is further based on how often the image is viewed on the website.

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically generating the upgrade request is based on an estimated monetary value of the one or more image tags received from the automatic identification system.

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the destination for the image is based, at least in part, on the one or more image tags received from the automatic identification system.

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8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting an advertisement based on the at least one image tag included in the review of the image.

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February 21, 2017

Inventors

Bradford A. Folkens
Dominik K. Mazur

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